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Intermittent Leave - work suffering

cyoungcyoung 1 Post
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I have an employee on intermittent leave due to her father's terminal illness. We have no problem with this, we really feel for her but her work is piling up. She is also on FMLA for her depression. She is a biller for 4 of our doctors. When she is here, she can't cope and does not get her work done. This has gone on for approx 2 months now. There is no one else that can fill in for her because they all have their own work. They do what they can. There is no other job we could put her in temporarily. We can't hire someone because when the employee returns on a regular basis, that person would be out of a job. Hiring a temp would not work out for our needs. It would take too much training. I don't think there really is anything we can do but sit and wait. Any suggestions?
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  • Don DDon D 9,834 Posts
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    [font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 09-08-03 AT 10:39AM (CST)[/font][p]When it comes right down to it, this is really the only reason in the world Congress enacted the FMLA....to ensure eligible persons would have their job back when they returned from approved FMLA. You have several options, as the employer, but none of them includes chunking her aside and starting over training somebody else to fill her job on an ongoing basis. but, if, as you say, she is on intermittent and is unable to do her work even when she is there due to her personal medical condition, you need to move toward changing the status from intermittent to full-time FMLA.
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  • MentelMentel 179 Posts
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    I agree with Don. She probably needs to be on full-time FMLA. If she is on intermittent FMLA for her father's illness and her personal health problems, then you need to follow-up with the provider who put her on the personal health FMLA. That doctor may not be aware that her illness keeps her from doing her work. She really needs to get completely away from work and take care of her problems so she can be productive again.
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  • clarkbarclarkbar 61 Posts
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    Mentel: If someone is on FML it is my understanding that the employer cannot contact the physician. That has to be done by a third party, correct?
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